Hair curler and waver



Nov. 20, 1923 1,474,509

A. F. BYSTROM HAIR GURLER AND WAVER Filed July 26. l922 Z77 var-7W2, A/Wi/P F. BYJT 190/7 Patented Nov. 20, 1923.

UNITED STATES AGNAR F. BYSTRODLOF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

HAIR CURLER AND w'AvnR.

Application filed July 26, 1922. Serial No. 577,553.

To all "whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. AGNAR F. BYs'rRoM, a citizen of the United States; residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Hair Curler and \Vaver, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hair curlers and wavers and more especially to that type provided with hair-clamping members, around one or both of which the hair is wound to produce the desired curl or wave.

An object of this invention is to provide a device of this character that can be employed in a manner that other similar devices cannot be used so as to facilitate the curling and waving ,operation and produce better resalts.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hair curler and waver embodying the invention, the same being shown in open condition and a tress of hair being indicated between two of the clamping members.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same device in closed condition.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal mid-section of Fig.

There are provided primary outer and intermediate hair-clamping members 4, 5, positioned side by side. Hingedly connected at one. end at 6 to the primary hair-clamping men'ibers is a secondary hair-clamping member 7 adapted, when in closed position, to lie, adjacent the intermediate primary member 5 as in Figures 2 and 3, and adapted to open into endwise relation with respect to the members 4, 5, as shown in Figure 1.

in the particular instance illustrated, the members 4, 5. are connected at their hinge ends and said members are of spring sheet material and are constructed s as to tend to open in order that a tress of hair, indicated at S, can readily be inserted between said members. The members 4, 5, may be made of a single iece of material, if desired, doubled upon itself as clearly shown in Figure 3, so that the loop thus produced will form one of the members of the hinge 6.

The member 7 has its free end turned back upon itself to form a lip 9, the end of said lip preferably being notched as indicated at 10. The free ends of the'members 4, 5, are

reduced in width as indicated at 11 so that when the member 7 is closed to lie alongside of the intermediate member 5, the portions 11 will engage the notch 10 of'the lip 9. The

hinge 6 loosely connects the members 4, 5, to

the member 7 so that said members can .be relatively swung edgewise sufficiently to offset the portions 11 laterally from the lip 9 while closing and opening the device to enable the portions 11 to be slid sideways beneath the lip 9. This is indicated in dotted lines in Figure 2 of the drawings.

Preferably the members 4, 5 are curved to enable the outer member 4 to nest within the intermediate member 5, and the member 7 is preferably curved 1n the opposite direction so that when the device is closed the tendency is ofsprin" character.

The pre. erred way of using the invention on bobbed hair is to place the end of a tress of the hair between the members 4, 5 as indicated in Figure 1. Then the members 4, 5, are pinched together and held closed and at the same time the device .is rotated'to wrap the tress of hair around the closed members 4, 5. Vhen the tress has been wrapped upon said members. the member 7 will be swung into closed position and fastened as indicated in Figure 2, thus preventing the tress of hair from unwinding from the members 4, 5.

The foregoing described procedure enables the operator to completely curl or wave the hair by the use of the device, since the tress of hair is wrapped on the device from the very-end thereof. \Vith many other devices now in use, the hair is wound from the roots outwardly upon a member and then a second member is latched thereto to clamp the hair and prevent it from unwinding- While such old devices are more or less satisfactory with long hair, where the ends are uneven, good results arenot obtained by using them with bobbed hair where the ends are of substantially uniform length, since .the ends of bobbed hair cannot be caught in the former devices and consequently remain unwaved or uncurlecl. When employing such 01d devices on bobbed hair it is necessary, in order to obtain a desirable finish to the coi'fi'ure, to employ a curling iron on the ends of the hair.

I claim:

1. In a hair curler and waver, the combination of primary outer and intermediate hair-clamping members extending side by side and integrally connected at one end, said members being of spring sheet material and normally curved to nest together, a secondary hair-clamping member hingedly connected to the primary members at their connection to allow the secondary member to lie adjacent to the intermediate member, said secondary member being of spring sheet ma terial and "normally curved to oppose the first members, and means to releasably fasten the other end of the secondary member to the outer primary member.

2. In a hair curler and waver, the combination of primary outer and intern'iediate hair-clamping members "formed from a single piece of spring sheet material doubled upon itself to form one member of a hinge a secondary outer hair-clamping member formed of spring sheet material and having a portion constituting a second hinge member, a pin joining said hinge members, and means to releasably fasten the free end of the secondary member to the outer primary memher, the primary and intermediate members being normally curved in one direction and the secondary member being curved to oppose the primary and intermediate members when the secondary member is being closed against the intermediate member.

3. In a hair curler and waver, the combination of primary enter an intermediate hair-clamping members extending side by side and connected at one end integrally, said members being of spring sheet material and constructed to tend to spring apart, a secondary hair-clamping member hingedly connected to the primary members at their connection to allow the secondary member to lie adjacent to the intermediate member, and

means to releasably fasten the other end of the secondary member to the outer primary member. v

Signed at'Los i rngeles'C-alifornia this th day of July 1922.

' AGNAR F. BYSTROh-I. 

